Improved draught-attachment for horses



C. C. COLE.

' Whifl'etree.

Patented'Jan, 4, 1870.

'' ntnted %tate5 OYRUS C. COLE,.OF PHELPS, NEW YORK.

Lettersiatent N o. 98,563, dated January 4, 1870.

IMPROVED DRAJGHT-AITACEMNT FOR. HORSES.

1he Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part et the sana! T0 all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, CYRUS G. COLE, of Pheips, in the connty of Ontario, and Star-e of New York, have invented a certain new and nsefnl Improvement in Drangh-Attaehment for Herses; and I do hereby deciare that the foiiowing is a full and exact description of the same, r'eference being had to the accompanyin}gj drawings, .inaking part'of this specifination, in w 1 ch the figure represents a Perspective view of my improvement, with a pair of thills c-onneced tirerawith.

My invention consists in the combination of a pivoted b1e aSt-block and shonider-yoke, for taking the place of the ordinary collar and traces, and aise in the connection of the thilis with said yoke,in such a manner as to make a stifi connection through.

In the drawings A represents t-he shonider-yoke;

.B, the breast-block; and

' The yoke is simpiy a bent iron, of such size as to admit the breast and shoulders o." -he he bent ends a a standing backnrard, in tire direcnon of the thiiis, and to any desired degree.

The breast-hlock is fashioned in such form as to fit, easily, the horses breast, and it may be padded :=t', as necessity may reqnire.

It. is pivoted t0 a bearing, 0, of the front of the yoke, so as to swing easily as the horse travels.

This breast-hiock cakes the place of the ordinary leather collar or brcast-plate, and it is by this alone chat power is applied.

lherear ends of the shonider-yoke are formed into sockets, d d, whieh receive the ends of the thilis O C. The connection may be made by pins f f, which pass throngh holes in the sockets and -hillS, or by springs,

aone comes in contact with the breast of' the herse, and by reason of being pivoted, adapts itself exactiy,

as the animal traveIs.

By the connection of the thiils With the yoke, as desexibed, a stifi' connection is made ail aronnd the horse, and the draught is produced upon the thills,

thereby dispensing with both the whiffietree and the tngs or traces. The breast-block cakesthe place oi t-he whifiietree, by appiying the power in front, which is made to act npon the thills.

VVhat I daim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the pivoted breast-blook B and shonlder-yoke A, op"erating in the manner and for the purpose specified.

Aiso, the arrangement of the shonlder-yoke A,

hreast-bloek B, and thills 00, S0 connected ,that the forward dranght may be applied through the thiils, as herein described. r

In witness whereof, I have herennto signed my name, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Vitnesses: CYRUS G. COLE.

R. F. OSGOOD,

GEO. W. MIAIT 

